Transfer Zen From server to new server

[whenlambomoon]

Transfer Zen From server to new server

[333miiko]

You could just copy the whole /mnt/zen/ folder to your new server and then re-run the installer over there. That'll bootstrap the blockchain download and copy over the wallet

[zammtech]

Thanks! I'll give this a go.

[zammtech]

One more question, does it matter that the server is in a new location using this method? The previous was in EU now it is in NA.

[333miiko]

It just tells your node which tracker to connect to. Ultimately there isn't much difference.

[zammtech]

I tried using FTP and SSH but I'm getting permission errors on 7 files:
scp: /mnt/zen/config/chainstate: Permission denied

[333miiko]

Did you use root?

[zammtech]

Of course not! Using root allowed me to transfer everything. However it doesn't seem to work jus transferring the folder. How can I send the coins to a new wallet via CLI? Thanks.

[333miiko]

You only need to transfer the wallet.dat file not all the folders.

I am not sure of the exact process of moving the ZEN out of the shield address, you may need to reach out to the community for the exact command/process.

[zammtech]

Okay. Thank you. I'll try again with only moving the wallet.dat. How can I shut down the app on my first server so it doesn't interfere with the new server when it is also looking at the same 42 ZEN wallet address?

[333miiko]

systemctl stop zen-node
systemctl stop zen-secnodetracker

This will stop the zen node and secure node tracker. In regards to the 42 zen, if it's already registered I think you'll need to send the 42 zen to a new address.

[zammtech]

Yes this is correct. I also had an issue where it said that I needed a new z_address wallet but when trying to transfer using
sudo docker exec zen-node gosu user zen-cli z_sendmany 'node_z-address' '[{"address": "wallet_address", "amount": x}]'
I am unable to transfer out my coin.

I figured it out, it should be: zen-cli z_sendmany "z-address" "[{"amount": 1, "address": "z-address"}]"

Thanks again for your help. I should be all set if you want to close this issue thread.

[333miiko]

Glad you got this all sorted. Feel free to re-open it if you have any other issues.